A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor into his plans the vagaries of love and the personal integrity of the people in both kingdoms.
Cast
Laurence Harvey
Cethegus
Orson Welles
Justinian
Sylva Koscina
Empress Theodora
Harriet Andersson
Mathaswintha
Honor Blackman
Amalaswintha
Robert Hoffmann
Totila
Michael Dunn
Narses
Ingrid Boulting
Julia
Lang Jeffries
Belisarius
Florin Piersic
Witichis
Emanoil Petruţ
Teja
Friedrich von Ledebur
Hildebrand
Dieter Eppler
Thorismund
Ewa Strömberg
Rauthgundis
Ion Dichiseanu
Furius
Adela Mărculescu
Aspa
Constantin Brezeanu
Plurius
Gheorge Boghita
Guntharis
Mircea Angelescu
Aligern
Fory Etterle
Unknown
Crew
Robert Siodmak
Director
Ladislas Fodor
Screenplay
Felix Dahn
Novel
Alfred Srp
Editor
Richard Angst
Director of Photography
Richard R. Rimmel
Director of Photography
Theo Partisch
Assistant Director
J. Pollini
Assistant Director
Doru Năstase
Assistant Director
Artur Brauner
Producer
Peter Hahne
Line Producer
Kuli Sander
Production Design
Ernst Schomer
Production Design
Constantin Simionescu
Production Design
Lothar Hohlfeld
Assistant Camera
Vasile Oglindă
Second Assistant Camera
Irms Pauli
Costume Design
Fredy Arnold
Makeup Artist
Cilly Didzoneit
Makeup Artist
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Second Unit Director
Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director
Max Galinsky
Sound
Riz Ortolani
Original Music Composer
Szabolcs Cseh
Stunts
Ion Chilom
Production Manager
Wolfram Kohtz
Unit Manager
